Biography and non-fiction prose

Radio Free Afghanistan: A Twenty-Year Odyssey for an Independent Voice in Kabul

An FT Best Book of the Year

‘Saad Mohseni is one of the most remarkable figures in modern Afghanistan – brave, entrepreneurial, with a knack for imagining the impossible – he transformed the Afghan media landscape and brought serious news, and exceptional entertainment to millions in the most testing circumstances imaginable’ Rory Stewart

Roll the Calls: A Memoir

Roll the Calls is as ferociously powerful as the iconic figure at its centre, Ari Emanuel – the inspiration for Entourage’s Ari Gold, and one of the most legendary powerbrokers of all time – a man who made rage and chaos into the instruments of his success.

Battleaxe: A Memoir

A landmark memoir told through the campaigns and battles that Margaret has been involved in over the years, from being a rebellious teenager to a battling granny.

Tunisgrad: Victory in Africa

A Waterstones and BBC History Magazine Best Book of the Year

The Aspects of History Book of the Year 2025

‘Terrific – full of drama … it has profoundly altered my understanding of the Second World War’ PATRICK BISHOP

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SBS COMES AN EPIC HISTORY OF THE ALLIED VICTORY IN NORTH AFRICA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

I Am Not a Tourist: What it means to be British Chinese

‘An important new voice’ DAVID YIP, actor

‘This book sorely needed to be written, uncover[ing] startling and important truths.’ YUAN YANG, MP and author

‘A vital resource’ PEYVAND SADEGHIAN, actor and writer

Hannah Arendt: A Life of the Mind

Based on new archival research, this is a major new biography on Hannah Arendt, tracing for the first time the intellectual development of, arguably, the twentieth century’s most influential thinker.

The Indefatigable Asa Briggs

Asa Briggs’s energy fuelled him to write more than fifty books, including five formidable volumes on the history of broadcasting. At the zenith of his fame he was one of the best-known historians of his generation, his name on a cover a guarantee of substantial sales.

Trauma Bonds

A fascinating journalistic exploration into the impact of intergenerational trauma on the descendants of both survivors and perpetrators

A Truce That Is Not Peace

THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2025

‘The best memoir you will read all year’ NICK HORNBY

‘A triumphant meditation on loss, literature and the unspoken’GUARDIAN

‘Curious and idiosyncratic and enjoyable’ ZADIE SMITH

‘Darkly moving and heart-wrenchingly funny’ MARIE CLAIRE

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